characterize
Example Sentences
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Lin characterized the overnight comments from Beijing as a warning about Section 301 action against critical sectors like electric vehicles, rare earths, or artificial-intelligence chips.
From Barron's
The two have maintained a relationship characterized as rivalry and mutual regard that is not particularly warm, having previously navigated their careers to avoid direct collision when Harris pursued the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times
Svalbard’s only university banned Chinese students last year, after Norway’s domestic intelligence service characterized them as a security risk.
In the days that followed, Banks and fellow executive producer Ken Mok turned it into a storyline, characterizing what happened not as a violation but as Sullivan’s failing.
From Salon
The author argues that contemporary American business and government leaders are fundamentally characterized by an absence of character, which the author defines as steadfastness, selflessness, self-sacrifice, honesty, and integrity in dealings with others.
From Los Angeles Times
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